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COVERING DEVELOPMENT and POVERTY REDUCTION October 20-24, 2008 New York City COVERING DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION October 20-24, 2008 New York City A Special Program sponsored by the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) & the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) For journalists from developing countries, there is no more pressing question than how poverty can be reduced. At this special seminar, hosted by the International Institute for Journalism of InWent in New York City, reporters from around the world will learn about the obstacles to poverty reduction, the progress achieved in the field of development and the opportunities for further growth. Renowned academics, representatives at some of the most prestigious non- profit organizations and former government officials will discuss the current debates and offer practical advice on coverage. Senior journalists will help facilitate the discussions. Participants will visit the New York Stock Exchange and Bloomberg in order to see for themselves the fast- pace of the financial markets. The seminar will be held both at Columbia University’s Morningside Campus and at the United Nations. The participants also will be introduced to www.journalismtraining.net, a web-based resource that offers information on key issues of globalization. The agenda features a number of prominent Columbia faculty members, including Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz. Please note that times of some of the sessions may change. Covering Development & Poverty Reduction New York City October 20-24, 2008 The Workshop Agenda Sunday, October 19th Group Dinner at Stiglitz’s house1 Monday October 20th MEETING @ Warren Hall2, 415 9:00 am – 9:30 am Astrid Kohl, Head of Inwent’s International Institute for Journalism will talk about the role of Inwent, a non-profit organization based in Germany with worldwide operations dedicated to human resource development, advanced training, and dialogue. 9:30 am – 10:00 am Anya Schiffrin, Director of Journalism Programs at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, will talk about the program and its mission. 10:00 am – 11:30 am Keynote Speech: “Poverty and Development: Prospects for Progress”, by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics; former World Bank chief economist, currently Executive Director of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, IPD, and University Professor at Columbia University 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Tom Glaisyer, Online strategist, PhD Student at Columbia University, on “Online Media: Opportunities, Challenges” will review changes in the online world and introduce a number of tools 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Lunch Break 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of The Acumen Fund, will discuss her organization’s entrepreneurial approach to solve the problems of global poverty. 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Graham Watts, former FT Editor, will give a general overview of how journalists will write their stories during the seminar, and will also explain the ways they’ll discuss the future coverage. 1 West 98th St. and Riverside Dr. 2 William and June (W&J) Warren Hall, also known as "Big Warren." 2 Covering Development & Poverty Reduction New York City October 20-24, 2008 Tuesday, October 21st 8:45 am - 10:00 am Isabel Ortiz, Senior Interregional Advisor, United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs, will present current debates and the reality of poverty reduction and financing for development at the beginning of the 21st century. (MEETING @ UNDESA building DC-2, room DC2-23303) 10:00 am –10:30 am Field trip to Bloomberg News4 10:30 am – 11:00 am Tour of Bloomberg’s building with Karen Amanda Toulon, New York bureau chief of Bloomberg News 11:00 am – 11:10 am Snack Break 11:10 am – 11:40 pm Meet with reporter(s)/editors 11:40 am –12:00 pm Wrap/Depart 12:00 pm – 1:30pm Lunch Break 1:30 pm – 2:30pm Heather Grady, Director of Policy and Strategy and the Trade and Decent Work Program at Realizing Rights (MEETING @ Realizing Rights Headquarters5) 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Tea Break 2:45 pm Time off to write stories 3 44th Street, between 1Ave and 2Ave 4 731 Lexington Avenue between East 58th and 59th streets 5 271 Madison Avenue 3 Covering Development & Poverty Reduction New York City October 20-24, 2008 Wednesday, October 22nd 10:00 am – 11:00 am Geoff Heal, Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Corporate responsibility and Professor of Finance and Economics at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, will talk his work on how environmental conservation can contribute to poverty reduction. (MEETING @URIS 329) 11:00 am– 12:30 pm Brunch Break and walk around Columbia Campus 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General on Economic Development, at the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs, will talk about the current food crisis. (MEETING @ UNDESA building DC-2, room DC2-23306) 2:30 pm Time off to write stories 6 44th Street, between 1Ave and 2Ave 4 Covering Development & Poverty Reduction New York City October 20-24, 2008 Thursday, October 23rd 8:30 am - 10:30 am “A walk around Wall Street” (MEETING @ the NYSE7) Marc Iyeki, NYSE’s Managing Director, will present, “Bridging the US & European Capital Markets along with a link to a presentation on Global Regulatory Development”. He will focus on global regulatory trends that affect foreign companies listing in the US, an overview of the "new" NYSE Euronext. Iyeki will also discuss how exchanges can promote international competitiveness of companies that list and how this can facilitate economic growth and job creation around the world. 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Robert Howse senior adviser on inclusive globalization at UNDP, will talk about the needs for reform in the global trade regime, drawing from his book “Making Global Trade Work for People”. (MEETING @URIS 3058) 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch Break 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Luke Eric Peterson, is a free-lance investigator, writer and analyst. He specializes in monitoring international lawsuits between businesses and governments - and the impact of such lawsuits upon public policy. (MEETING @URIS 305) 3:30 pm – 3:45pm Tea Break 3:45 pm Time-off to write stories 7:30 pm Dinner with Anya (PLACE: TBA) 7 11 Wall Street 8 Uris Hall is the main building of the Columbia Business School on the University’s Morningside Campus 5 Covering Development & Poverty Reduction New York City October 20-24, 2008 Friday October 24th MEETING @ Conference Room 801, IAB9 9:30 am – 11:00 am Siddhartha Deb, writer and professor at the New School. Deb will describe the research he did in the rural areas of Manipur and Andhra Pradesh for his new book and argue for a new journalism on poverty. 11:00 am – 11:45 am Brunch Break 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Elmira Bayrasli, Vice president of Partnerships, Policy & Outreach at ENDEAVOR, will speak about Endeavor's mentor capitalist model for high-impact entrepreneurship - with the success of microfinance, what is the next phase of building the pyramid? How do we scale up enterprises and create sustainable jobs and draw investors into developing countries? 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Graciana del Castillo, Research Scholar and Associate Director, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University will discuss her new book on Rebuilding War-Torn States: The Challenge of Post-Conflict Economic Reconstruction. 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Tea Break. 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Future coverage with Graham Watts. Watts will discuss what stories reporters can write in the future on development and poverty reduction 3:15 pm Evaluation and wrap-up with Anya Schiffrin. 9 International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street 6 Covering Development & Poverty Reduction New York City October 20-24, 2008 Speakers Elmira Bayrasli is the Vice President of Partnerships, Policy & Outreach at Endeavor, a non- profit that identifies and supports High-Impact Entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Before joining Endeavor, Elmira was the Chief Spokesperson and Director of Press and Public Information at the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. During her tenure at the OSCE, Elmira designed and managed the Mission’s 10th Anniversary celebrations, including the publication of a ten-year retrospective examining the Mission’s work, an award- winning documentary on the Roma and a TV series on Bosnia’s top station. In 1994, she joined Madeleine K. Albright’s team at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, first in New York and then Washington D.C. In 1996 she received a White House Presidential Appointment assigned to the Secretary of State’s office. Upon Richard Holbrooke’s appointment to lead negotiations to break the Cyprus stalemate in 1998, Elmira was invited to join the negotiating team. With Endeavor, Elmira has formalized partnerships with American Express, Cisco, Dell, Salesforce.com and SAP. Over the past two years, Elmira has generated significant media coverage on Endeavor’s work, including The Economist, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Inc. magazine, Business Week, Bloomberg TV, CNN Espanol and the paperback edition of Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat, where he calls Endeavor “the best anti- poverty solution of all.” In her capacity as Endeavor’s Outreach Director, Elmira speaks at more than a dozen conferences and panels a year, including the Net Impact Forum, Forum Tremblant 2008, the New York Women’s Social Entrepreneurship Network and over a dozen universities. She has been a delegate for the Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurship for two years in a row. For the past two years she has been invited by the Clinton Global Initiative as an area expert in poverty alleviation. Elmira received her MA in Middle Eastern Languages & Literature from Columbia University and her BA in Political Science from New York University.
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